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Stuffy vs Humid - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between stuffy and humid

is that stuffy is poorly ventilated; partially plugged while humid is containing sensible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor.

As a noun stuffy

is a stuffed animal or other plush toy.

stuffy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
    • I can't smell very well today – I have a stuffy nose.
    Let's go outside – it's getting stuffy in here.
  • Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
  • Angry and obstinate; sulky.
  • Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
    • The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.

    Noun

    (stuffies)
  • (US, Canada, colloquial, often, childish) A stuffed animal or other plush toy.

    • Derived terms

    * stuffily * stuffiness

    Related terms

    * stuffed shirt

    humid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Containing sensible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor.
    • 1667 - , Paradise Lost (1667)
  • :: Evening cloud, or humid bow.

    • Synonyms

    * damp, moist

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